Ex-Acer CEO Lanci Lands at Lenovo

Gianfranco Lanci is named a consultant for Lenovo's consumer business development in Western Europe, to help with integration of recently acquired Medion.

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Gianfranco Lanci, the former president and CEO of Acer who left the computer maker under acrimonious circumstances in March, has joined Lenovo as a consultant for consumer business development in Western Europe.

Lanci will be based in Italy and will initially focus on integrating Medion, the German electronics and appliance company acquired by Lenovo in July, the company said in a statement.

"Lenovo is fully committed to the PC industry," said Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang. "We are very optimistic about its future, while making significant long-term investments in the mobile internet. Because of this, exceptional people like Gianfranco are joining Lenovo.

"As a consultant to us, Gianfranco brings years of expertise and insights to Lenovo that will help us strengthen our growing global consumer business. Talented people are joining Lenovo because of our commitment to the PC industry, outstanding momentum and optimism about the future."

Lenovo, the world's third-largest PC maker, recently reported record quarterly unit sales of more than 10 million units for its fiscal first quarter. The company has steadily gained PC market share over the past several quarters and now has about a 12 percent share of the global market, according to researchers.

Lanci left Acer after a dispute with the Taiwanese company's board was made public.

"Lanci held different views from a majority of the board members, and could not reach a consensus following several months' of dialog," Acer said in the statement announcing Lanci's resignation. "They placed different levels of importance on scale, growth, customer value creation, brand position enhancement, and on resource allocation and methods of implementation."

The former Acer CEO later made disparaging remarks about Acer board members' fears that globalization was leading to the "de-Taiwanization" of the company. Acer denied that characterization, calling it "unfounded."

Lanci joined Acer in 1997 after Acer acquired Texas Instruments' notebook business. He was named president of Acer Europe in 2000, then president of Acer EMEA in 2002, president of the company in 2005, and finally, president and CEO of Acer in 2008.

Damon Poeter got his start in journalism working for the English-language daily newspaper The Nation in Bangkok, Thailand. He covered everything from local news to sports and entertainment before settling on technology in the mid-2000s. Prior to joining PCMag, Damon worked at CRN and the Gilroy Dispatch. He has also written for the San Francisco Chronicle and Japan Times, among other newspapers and periodicals.
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